diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-socks-share.md b/.changeset/wicked-socks-share.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3e1275732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-socks-share.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend': patch
+---
+
+Error messages should not contain backend SQL query strings in the API response, this change will ensure that messages are logged and empty response is returned to the user
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index 5aea71b7c1..623b78016a 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ describe('createRouter', () => {
         expect.objectContaining({
           error: {
             name: 'Error',
-            message: `There was a problem performing the search query: ${error.message}`,
+            message: `There was a problem performing the search query`,
           },
         }),
       );
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 0ba5eede81..eedd84105a 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -197,14 +197,17 @@ export async function createRouter(
 
       res.json(filterResultSet(toSearchResults(resultSet)));
     } catch (error) {
+      // Log the error message here, but don't expose it to the user in the response
+      logger.error(
+        `There was a problem performing the search query: ${error.message}`,
+      );
       if (error.name === 'MissingIndexError') {
         // re-throw and let the default error handler middleware captures it and serializes it with the right response code on the standard form
         throw error;
       }
 
-      throw new Error(
-        `There was a problem performing the search query: ${error.message}`,
-      );
+      // If the error is not a MissingIndexError, we want to throw a generic error without the error message as it may leak internal information
+      throw new Error(`There was a problem performing the search query`);
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index df059419ed..23438a1a77 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11769,8 +11769,8 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@npm:^1.12.3":
-  version: 1.12.3
-  resolution: "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@npm:1.12.3"
+  version: 1.13.1
+  resolution: "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@npm:1.13.1"
   dependencies:
     ajv: "npm:^6.12.6"
     content-type: "npm:^1.0.5"
@@ -11783,7 +11783,7 @@ __metadata:
     raw-body: "npm:^3.0.0"
     zod: "npm:^3.23.8"
     zod-to-json-schema: "npm:^3.24.1"
-  checksum: 10/abab9b3fcce45370aadc260e9f02587308455ea907cf58b5e7f2e27c0ef4d19bf591f80284592b69f3d1656e4b362b2a96788eb1492daa3e7e2129c49b3eea98
+  checksum: 10/b516d72e1cd14c67c8a2e5cb95fcc1c03c50be989850e3e963a7ed11000acb604e65efeaad47ea93c847130536ee51859a8d34e6dbe99d408e1a24224592e57f
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -18264,14 +18264,14 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "@slack/web-api@npm:^7.5.0":
-  version: 7.8.0
-  resolution: "@slack/web-api@npm:7.8.0"
+  version: 7.9.3
+  resolution: "@slack/web-api@npm:7.9.3"
   dependencies:
     "@slack/logger": "npm:^4.0.0"
     "@slack/types": "npm:^2.9.0"
     "@types/node": "npm:>=18.0.0"
     "@types/retry": "npm:0.12.0"
-    axios: "npm:^1.7.8"
+    axios: "npm:^1.8.3"
     eventemitter3: "npm:^5.0.1"
     form-data: "npm:^4.0.0"
     is-electron: "npm:2.2.2"
@@ -18279,7 +18279,7 @@ __metadata:
     p-queue: "npm:^6"
     p-retry: "npm:^4"
     retry: "npm:^0.13.1"
-  checksum: 10/f2a698f853d0aaab11a23e9ce659e2cf3e43792eeb6861ef05258bbd2bb5cfe3bad8fc7bff4ee6fe471e67ec9fb6b22ef16be4478ab68f139df730337ebe15bb
+  checksum: 10/dc8aa95c8127a1155f0c0756bc819185da0b471feb5953dc118301e577e67f45ad4ef64d9459ff430b44f769344a6347d1636ad59267483e9ac0104611263a05
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -19086,8 +19086,8 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "@stoplight/spectral-core@npm:^1.18.0, @stoplight/spectral-core@npm:^1.18.3, @stoplight/spectral-core@npm:^1.19.2, @stoplight/spectral-core@npm:^1.19.4, @stoplight/spectral-core@npm:^1.8.1":
-  version: 1.19.5
-  resolution: "@stoplight/spectral-core@npm:1.19.5"
+  version: 1.20.0
+  resolution: "@stoplight/spectral-core@npm:1.20.0"
   dependencies:
     "@stoplight/better-ajv-errors": "npm:1.0.3"
     "@stoplight/json": "npm:~3.21.0"
@@ -19110,7 +19110,7 @@ __metadata:
     pony-cause: "npm:^1.1.1"
     simple-eval: "npm:1.0.1"
     tslib: "npm:^2.8.1"
-  checksum: 10/db0f6c1c0ca67bc4a49c480259d261283ccb72958cd3a2a761dccbbbb1fdd04911df9c0a05f7ce4453e303de737206fbf3e799a1ace5db49d433a2848abe13b2
+  checksum: 10/63628dcf4b1556db166a020dd78d17033908fa7d1c67c62739e35848e5d0e095714524b4c142aa7d6524fe556152f4dbb8cb388b36bc6e37026bf07c31a0e69b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -25485,7 +25485,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"axios@npm:^1.0.0, axios@npm:^1.6.0, axios@npm:^1.7.4, axios@npm:^1.7.7, axios@npm:^1.7.8":
+"axios@npm:^1.0.0, axios@npm:^1.6.0, axios@npm:^1.7.4, axios@npm:^1.7.7, axios@npm:^1.8.3":
   version: 1.10.0
   resolution: "axios@npm:1.10.0"
   dependencies: